Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 62,312 players 11,738 servers 3,391 with someone on 192 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,323habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RustServer

Online 85.131.244.66:28015 checked 12m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,323
top 69%
Last wipe
25d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123412:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040012:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

18.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 4 OctTue 15 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 09:13 UTC25d ago 0 – running 0
Tue 15 Sep, 22:32 UTC43d ago 0 – 18.4 days 0

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does RustServer rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, RustServer places at #15,323, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is RustServer?

RustServer holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on RustServer mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags RustServer publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RustServer?

These Rust Population lists include RustServer: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RustServer?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on RustServer?

Too few wipes are on record for RustServer to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 25 days 2 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does RustServer run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 19686, generated by the game, is in use on RustServer. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on RustServer?

No gather rate appears in the name of RustServer. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does RustServer run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what RustServer uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does RustServer run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 163 server fps, with a low of 59. Entities peaked at 49,828, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,889 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is RustServer online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RustServer is online. About 11 days 12 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is RustServer located?

A region is not published by RustServer. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 85.131.244.66:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join RustServer?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 85.131.244.66:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.